{"id":1998,"date":"2008-09-16T06:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/twins-indians-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-16T06:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T11:57:00","slug":"twins-indians-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/twins-indians-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Indians Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians meet at Progressive Field. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ace Francisco Liriano will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Lefthander Liriano is 5-3 this season with a 3.19 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Zach Jackson toeing the rubber for the Indians in this contest. Righthander Jackson is 0-3 with a 5.70 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Scott Lewis tossed six scoreless innings to get the win, as the Indians shut down the Twins 3-1 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as +100 home underdogs as the game played under the 9-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Shin-Soo Choo went 2-for-4 with a two-run big fly for the Indians, who got a solo shot from Kelly Stoppach in the payday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joe Mauer went deep for <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Kevin Slowey allowed three runs over six innings to take the loss for the Twins. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 82-68 SU<br \/>Cleveland: 73-77 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 6-4<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 3-7<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>Minnesota is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Cleveland is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Minnesota<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, September 17<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians meet at Progressive Field. Ace Francisco Liriano will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Lefthander Liriano is 5-3 this season with a 3.19 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Zach Jackson toeing the rubber for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/twins-indians-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twins-Indians Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}